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For years, the TLPD has been everyone's #1 source for Starcraft Progaming statistics. Starting today, it will be our go to source for SC2 stats as well. Thanks to the hard work of our resident TLPD wizard PoP and TLPD staff like p4ndemick, Jonvvv, Emlary, the SC2 TLPD is up and running on release day.
In fact, why don't you mosey on over to the right sidebar right now and check it out?
Sick, you say? Totally.
It's not there by magic though. It's all powered by hard work, and that's why we'd like to take a moment right now to remember the TLPD. They truly are the unsung heroes here on TL. While the rest of us are watching VODs and making posts, these guys are up in the bowels of the site, day after day, night after night, consistently carrying out a task that makes the lives of so many others that much easier.
Writers and translators aside, the TLPD is used by pretty much everyone on TL who has ever written, argued or theorycrafted about progaming. It is one of our most precious resources, and we want to use this space to say a massive Thank You! to PoP and his team who have kept this arm of TL running so smoothly for so many years.
Today, with the launch of SC2 TLPD, TL steps into an era in which we continue to sit at the very center of the Starcraft stats universe. Look below for a taste of what's to come.
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The face of the beta.
Yup, that's Top 20 Beta Players ranking based on ELO. Although SC2 proper will necessitate a new ranking altogether, the functionality will essentially remain the same as we move into competitive play with the retail version. The players are all there, and the games they play and the titles they grab will all go towards their rating, and their rating will of course be used to rank them*. If you're feeling nostalgic though, you can always come back and check the beta ranking at any time. A worldwide SC2 ranking that auto updates - we don't know about you guys, but that makes us break out into a grin!
Of course, what kind of TLers would we be if we didn't go and check up on the home team. Turns out the lads haven't done too shabbily in the beta. Go Liquid! Ever wanted to know TLO's ELO? Here you go.
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Liquid's combined ELO is really over 9000. 10450 to be exact.
Doing all this cool stuff, it's easy to forget that this is all just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. The real functionality of the TLPD lies deep within, and the only way to experience it is to have a go yourself. As you spend hours and hours in these tables, you will slowly begin to see the true potential that this feature of TL really unlocks for you.
Well, do we need to say more? Go ahead and dive right in. When you're done with your nerdery though (try sorting by different criteria - so cool!), be sure to jump back in here and give these guys a hearty thanks for what they've done here. TLPD team, you guys own!
Finally, a friendly note from PoP saying that he welcomes all bugs, suggestions and complaints in the TLPD feedback thread. Thanks for reading, TL, and enjoy this new tool. We know we're gonna be playing with it well into the night!
*TeamLiquid rankings take into account players who are banned from TL events such as the TSL for cheating/abuse and the TLPD will not display such players or their ELO on rankings until the ban period decided upon is completed. Their games however will go into the TLPD, because other players' rankings may be affected if they are removed.
Further, players with under 10 games have been removed from the ELO rankings for obvious reasons, and all players have had their local games (e.g - games played by Koreans vs Koreans in Korea) removed as well. We felt that games played for countries skewed rankings and gave players from bigger countries an unfair advantage at times.
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